Missed yesterday's #MPRG2025 talks? No worries. You can watch the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nei1... Though you should probably hold of on watching us and hop on the Zoom call for Day 2 instead! sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...

Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social! Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!* *not necessarily a selling point, just a fact

Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social! I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social

We hosted our first external speaker at our lab meeting! Many thanks to @kaitlynmwerner.bsky.social for telling us about her cool work on emotion regulation!

Meet Dr. Meltem Yucel, our new moral psychologist! Dr. Yucel has a passion for understanding why people behave the way they do. Her research focuses on how children and adults understand rules, group identity, & moral development. psychology.msu.edu/news-events/... @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social

Parents of 0- to 12-year-olds, come do science with us! 👉 Sign up to hear about our upcoming studies: redcap.link/MoralMindsLab 👉 To learn more about us: www.moralmindslab.com/participate-...

👉 Sign up to hear about our upcoming studies: redcap.link/MoralMindsLab 👉 To learn more about us: www.moralmindslab.com/participate-... #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky #cogsci

Parents of 0- to 12-year-olds, come do science with us! We run short, game-like studies with kids. We offer in-person and online options, flexible scheduling (weekdays & weekends), and sessions that are fun for children and easy for caregivers.

Did you hear the news? New interview dropped! Meet @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social in her interview with @msupsychology.bsky.social! Learn about her research interests, how to get involved, and the @psychresearchlist.bsky.social website. psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...

Come join the Moral Minds Lab as a grad student at MSU! Brand-new lab equipped for child & adult testing, with motivated undergrads in a happy department. 🤩 Learn more: www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea... (P.S. @tedmond.bsky.social is also taking a student!) @msupsychology.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that our newest undergraduate research assistant, Avery, has been awarded funding through the 2025 Pathways to Research Program @michiganstateu.bsky.social! 🚀🚀 @msupsychology.bsky.social

Honored to be among a fantastic lineup of moral psychologists!

New pub alert ‼️

We just had our first ever lab meeting!! Excited to meet everyone in person and to kick off a wonderful semester with wonderful scientists!

Big news, Spartans! 💚🤍 The Moral Minds Lab has officially opened its doors @michiganstateu.bsky.social! We can’t wait to kick off our very first semester of research on how we become moral beings. Here’s to new beginnings! @msupsychology.bsky.social

New preprint out by the wonderful @vbojarskich.bsky.social. Check it out!

We are hiring research assistants for Fall 2025! Are you an @msupsychology.bsky.social undergraduate interested in gaining hands-on experience in developmental and social psychology research? Fill out the interest form and we’ll be in touch soon! www.moralmindslab.com/join-our-tea...

Moral Minds Lab is at #SRCD25!

We also ran confirmatory experiments to see if people correctly estimate others' preferences. Results? People tend to overestimate how much others enjoy being gossiped about—but only when the gossip is positive. Check out the full study here: #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky 4/4

However, some individuals stand out: A meta-analytic summary revealed that men and those higher in narcissism are more likely to want to be gossiped about, even negatively. Meanwhile, older adults showed a lower preference for positive gossip about themselves. 3/4

Using two nationally representative samples, we found that, in general, people dislike being talked about—unless the gossip is positive. 2/4

Check out our new paper on gossip! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yes. Women tend to infer gossipiness at higher rates than men, may have their information sharing perceived more as gossip, and may sometimes suffer likability penalities for gossiping. However, context matters. (3/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025

Today's the day! See you all at 4:10 pm MT at the Evolutionary Psychology preconference to hear about our (@erinwestgate.bsky.social) work on gendered lay beliefs of #gossip! #SPSP2025

Gossip has many useful functions from info spreading to norm enforcement. Men & women tend to info share at similar rates. But are there gendered differences in what we perceive as gossip, & our social perceptions of gossipers? Does context matter? (2/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025

If you/ your students are interviewing for PhD psych programs in US (especially social psych), check out the resource page on my website. There are guides prepped by grad students + questions to ask faculty etc. Good luck! www.pbandjlab.com/resources

Many thanks to Medipol University in Istanbul, Turkey for inviting me for a talk!

My lab will explore morality across different stages of life and in cultures around the world, learning how our social and moral thinking is shaped by the environments we grow up in. www.moralmindslab.com @moralmindslab.bsky.social <-- give us a follow!

Excited to announce that I will be joining Michigan State University as an Assistant Professor of Psychology!!!!